Tore Godal
Tore Godal | |
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| Born | 19 May 1939 Rauland, Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Organisation | GAVI |
| Awards | King's Medal of Merit (2019) |
Tore Godal (born 19 May 1939) is a Norwegian physician who worked with global health and vaccination, assigned with the World Health Organization, and a former leader of the GAVI.
Career
[edit]Born in Rauland on 19 May 1939, Godal graduated as physician and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Oslo.[1]
He was involved in leprosy research in Ethiopia from 1970, and was later leader of the immunization laboratory at the Radiumhospitalet in Oslo. He chared the World Health Organization board for research on leprosy immunology from 1975 to 1980, and later had administrative roles in tuberculosis immunology and tropical diseases.[1] He was leader of GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, for six years from its foundation in 2000.[2]
Godal delivered the Pumphandle Lecture in 2005, his speech titled "Everything is Impossible until it has been done".[3] He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 2019.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Tore Godal". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ Lie, Sverre O.; Braut, Geir Sverre. "Gavi (vaksinealliansen)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ Parslow, Graham R. (May 2006). "Websites of note". Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 34 (3): 232–234. doi:10.1002/bmb.2006.49403403232. ISSN 1470-8175. PMID 21638683. S2CID 39499985.
- ^ "Tildeling av ordener og medaljer". kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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